A fruit business based in Ledbury UK, has been successfully prosecuted by Severn Trent after its fruit farm on Newent turned tap water pink, due to fertilizer contamination. In total, 30 homes and a caravan park were affected. The business faced two charges at Hereford Magistrates Court on December 18, and pleaded...

The Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans has expanded a boil-water advisory to cover the entire east bank of the city early on Jan. 18, 2018. The first advisory was put in place in the evening the day prior for the New Orleans East area. This order was issued due to the system water pressure dropping...

It’s been over a year since a backflow incident and the resulting water use ban caused a citywide panic and temporarily shut down a number of city businesses. City leaders are still dealing with the far-reaching effects of the event. Corpus Christi City Council recently approved a $78,000 contract...

Ontario, Calif. (Jan. 10, 2018) – The International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO®) Standards Council has issued the 2018 editions of the Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC®) and Uniform Mechanical Code (UMC®), each designated as American National Standards for the sixth...

Ontario, Calif. (Jan. 8, 2018) — The International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO) has made available a Water Demand Calculator (WDC) that estimates peak water demand in residential buildings. The WDC will appear in the appendices of both the 2018 Uniform Plumbing Code® (UPC)...

Ontario, Calif. (Jan. 2, 2018) — IAPMO is delighted to announce that CEO GP Russ Chaney has been elected to serve as chairman of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Board of Directors. His one-year term began Monday, Jan. 1. ANSI is a private, nonprofit organization that administers...